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and here's -- ukrainians need to maintain their defenses. with the increase in military production across the alliance and in ukrainian south, 2025 can be a very different year on land than 2024 b but the high pressure on the united states to pass the bill is to have the ammunition for ukraine now, this year, in the next few months. >> thank you for being on the program. kristine: thank you. >> around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. let's focus on other news now. the you from bournemouth -- the conservative representative from bournemouth says the protest outside of his house went too far. dozens of people with banners and flags were there on monday but no arrests were made. violence and abuse rose to 200 incidences a day last year. incidences against staff were up by 50% in september of 2023 . a consortium criticized the woefully inadequate action taken by the government to address the crisis. liza tarbuck will present a special love songs program in honor of steve wright, who died on sunday night. we are bbc news. next to
and here's -- ukrainians need to maintain their defenses. with the increase in military production across the alliance and in ukrainian south, 2025 can be a very different year on land than 2024 b but the high pressure on the united states to pass the bill is to have the ammunition for ukraine now, this year, in the next few months. >> thank you for being on the program. kristine: thank you. >> around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. let's focus on other news now....
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of defense. the second mission set is generating capabilities to support our operational forces around the world from the defensive to the offensive. the third mission set and, quite frankly, one of the reasons i find myself in new york over and above our discussion today, if directed by the president or the secretary of defense to apply our capabilities to help defend critical u.s. infrastructure in the private sector against acts of significant consequence in the cyber arena. so the government -- u.s. government -- has identified 16 different segments in the private infrastructure as having significant implications for our nation's security. think about power. think about water, think about financial, aviation. one of the missions for u.s. cyber command is, if directed and we find those areas under significant threat, how do we bring our capabilities to attempt to stall that activity from being successful. >> rose: do you fear a cyber attack? >> what i tell people is -- >> rose: from a nation s
of defense. the second mission set is generating capabilities to support our operational forces around the world from the defensive to the offensive. the third mission set and, quite frankly, one of the reasons i find myself in new york over and above our discussion today, if directed by the president or the secretary of defense to apply our capabilities to help defend critical u.s. infrastructure in the private sector against acts of significant consequence in the cyber arena. so the...
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so within the defense budget, the cuts would have to be made, a lot of them are what i would call defense entitlement programs and that has to be done carefully with the two wars we still have going on, and it has to be done considering the troops ask their families, over time. so yes we can cut it, we must cut it, as we do everything else. but if you just cut defense, and you don't do something about health care, you don't do something about the entitlement programs, if you don't restrain the growth, that's where the budget is really growing. the defense budget is large as it is, is not the main problem we face in the overall federal budget, it entitlement program that are simply unsustainable. >> governor romney just got this trouble for the remarks he said about the 47% of the nation. you mentioned en titlement programs, a lot of them go to defense, a lot them go to seniors, things like that. is there an appetite in congress to actually tackle th? >> i think there are a number of people who are working together and one of the things we're trying to do with our coalition csis, the bipar
so within the defense budget, the cuts would have to be made, a lot of them are what i would call defense entitlement programs and that has to be done carefully with the two wars we still have going on, and it has to be done considering the troops ask their families, over time. so yes we can cut it, we must cut it, as we do everything else. but if you just cut defense, and you don't do something about health care, you don't do something about the entitlement programs, if you don't restrain the...
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national defense isn't partisan matter, it's something that touches us all. we're just trying to be as honest and straightforward and analytical as we can so that we make this huge adjustment which is forced on us by the budget control act in the most sensible way so that has the least impact on our national defense. it's still a dangerous world. >> brown: thank you so much. >> thanks. >> warner: still to come on the "newshour": the republican battle in florida; running against congress; manufacturing's future in the u.s. and a conversation on austerity and politics. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: pirates in somalia threatened today to kill an american hostage, if the u.s. attempts to free him. the warning followed a navy seal raid that rescued another american and a dane, who had been held since october. the latest u.s. captive was abducted on saturday. his captors said today he's being moved frequently to discourage a new raid. one pirate said, "if they try again, we will all die together." in syria, governmen
national defense isn't partisan matter, it's something that touches us all. we're just trying to be as honest and straightforward and analytical as we can so that we make this huge adjustment which is forced on us by the budget control act in the most sensible way so that has the least impact on our national defense. it's still a dangerous world. >> brown: thank you so much. >> thanks. >> warner: still to come on the "newshour": the republican battle in florida;...
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let's talk about the defense. they essentially just rejected the entire case. >> yes, i think the house impeachment managers, they made their case. they used all the time -- or not all the time, but six or so hours to methodically spell out, make the case, argue the case, intricately, videos, tweets, what have you, we all watched it. what i found disappointing is that donald trump's defense didn't even bother to go literally toe to toe with the house impeachment managers to spend the time it would take to argue an effective case. i wouldn't agree with their case, but at least i would expect them to spend as much time as possible to argue the case to rebut the democrats and to do so in a serious way. you cannot do that in the two and a half hours that they use so argue in defense of donald trump. that's all they use. they had 16 hours, and only used a fraction of it. earlier, when i was talking to alex, our producer about this, i said, you know, donald trump was not well served, and you know where i stand on what i
let's talk about the defense. they essentially just rejected the entire case. >> yes, i think the house impeachment managers, they made their case. they used all the time -- or not all the time, but six or so hours to methodically spell out, make the case, argue the case, intricately, videos, tweets, what have you, we all watched it. what i found disappointing is that donald trump's defense didn't even bother to go literally toe to toe with the house impeachment managers to spend the time...
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>> they have very sophisticated missile defense capability and not just defense but offensive missile capability. >> charlie: so they could deliver it if they had it? >> well, i think that they had a situation where they could probably put that together if they needed to. >> charlie: i once asked leon panetta, one of your predecessors, and he said he didn't think they've made a commitment to build a nuclear weapon. what is their commitment to do? >> well, i can give you what -- at least my assessment based on intelligence, but i think their leadership has been very clear over the years to certainly have the capability to build nuclear weapons. >> charlie: to break out capability. >> that's right. >> charlie: in a short amount of time? >> in a short amount of time. i think that certainly is there. now, has a decision been made by the ayatollah and the other leaders in iran that we are committed to produce a nuclear weapon? i don't know. but we can't take that chance. this is a zero-sum game on that. we're not going to take a chance. >> charlie: is it possible, though, that they could p
>> they have very sophisticated missile defense capability and not just defense but offensive missile capability. >> charlie: so they could deliver it if they had it? >> well, i think that they had a situation where they could probably put that together if they needed to. >> charlie: i once asked leon panetta, one of your predecessors, and he said he didn't think they've made a commitment to build a nuclear weapon. what is their commitment to do? >> well, i can...
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defense cuts. when it comes to military spending, the u.s. spends more than the next ten biggest military spenders combined. sylvia hall, "n.b.r.," washington. >> tom: in the money file tonight: three ways to save money when choosing a financial advisor. here's manisha thakor, co-author of "on my own two feet: a modern girl's guide to personal finance." >> did you know that for each incremental 1% in fees you pay over a 20 year period, you will see your nest egg shrink by nearly 20%? what's an investor to do? understand the fees you are paying. if you are working with a financial advisor, make sure you understand these three things: "a": what you are paying the advisor for advice, "b": what the average management fee is on any investments recommended by the advisor, and "c": any trading or additional costs like custody that you will incur. personally, i'm a big believer in the value of financial advice, at the right price. to figure out that price, a rule of thumb i like is to aim for the all-in costs of working with an advisor to be less tha
defense cuts. when it comes to military spending, the u.s. spends more than the next ten biggest military spenders combined. sylvia hall, "n.b.r.," washington. >> tom: in the money file tonight: three ways to save money when choosing a financial advisor. here's manisha thakor, co-author of "on my own two feet: a modern girl's guide to personal finance." >> did you know that for each incremental 1% in fees you pay over a 20 year period, you will see your nest egg...
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for that, we turn to two defense experts, both former capitol hill staffers. winslow wheeler, director of the straus military reform project at the center for defense information. his latest book is "military reform: a reference handbook." and thomas donnelly, director of defense studies at the american enterprise institute. welcome, gentlemen, to you both. mr. wheeler, beginning with you. what is secretary gates trying to accomplish here? >> he's announcing a continuum of decisions to try to internally transfer money inside the pentagon from overhead to force structure. it's important not to get too hyper ventilated about what's going on here. the department of defense is at the highest ever spending level since the end of world war ii , and since secretary of defense rumsfeld on september 10, 2001, complained that 50% of the pentagon budget was overhead, it's grown since then. the steps that secretary gates has announced are very welcome. they're the right thing to do. but they're only a modest step in the right direction. they don't address at all the situa
for that, we turn to two defense experts, both former capitol hill staffers. winslow wheeler, director of the straus military reform project at the center for defense information. his latest book is "military reform: a reference handbook." and thomas donnelly, director of defense studies at the american enterprise institute. welcome, gentlemen, to you both. mr. wheeler, beginning with you. what is secretary gates trying to accomplish here? >> he's announcing a continuum of...
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have were i still secretary of defense. you do see exercises in which the troops are planning and preparing. we train against a number of contingency, and we certainly have to train against the north korean contingency. if there's a real prospect of something going wrong, we have to be ready. there is a chance that negotiations could lead somewhere. that chance needs to be pursued. >> china said at a recent meeting in canada where secretaries of defense were gathered that in the north korea realm, and in the pacific realm, the united states is acting with a cold war mentality. you've got all these countries saying these things about the united states. but the very countries the u.s. kind of needs to help solve certainly north korea, can china do more? >> china likes to use that line. but with respect to north korea, the reality is that china, and, again, i've been at this for a long time with -- and talked to the chinese about it, has never really come through in curbing the north korean behavior. there are reasons for that
have were i still secretary of defense. you do see exercises in which the troops are planning and preparing. we train against a number of contingency, and we certainly have to train against the north korean contingency. if there's a real prospect of something going wrong, we have to be ready. there is a chance that negotiations could lead somewhere. that chance needs to be pursued. >> china said at a recent meeting in canada where secretaries of defense were gathered that in the north...
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missile defense against i.c.b.m. is one of those things. >> it's stabilizing, gives the united states increased deterrence credishlity, and it ld be part of how the united states thinks about deterring our adsayers in the event that deterrence fails to give us the abilghy to fiand win. >> schifrin: okay, i think we'll have to leave it there for both of you. thank you. joe cirincione from ploughshares, and rebeccah heinrichs from the hudson institute. thank you so much to you both. >> thanks, nick. >> thank you. f: >> woodrith the government shutdown now in its 27th day, many federal programs have been affected, including food stamps. so far, there is no major lapse in benefits used by nearly 39 million people each month. that's because the u.s. department of agriculture found a way to pay snap bene, as they are called, earlier than normal. february benefits, awarded eirough a debit-style card used at stores, are paid out this week. several states, including ecalifornia and florida, warning users to be careful and mak
missile defense against i.c.b.m. is one of those things. >> it's stabilizing, gives the united states increased deterrence credishlity, and it ld be part of how the united states thinks about deterring our adsayers in the event that deterrence fails to give us the abilghy to fiand win. >> schifrin: okay, i think we'll have to leave it there for both of you. thank you. joe cirincione from ploughshares, and rebeccah heinrichs from the hudson institute. thank you so much to you both....
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tonight, secretary of defense ash carter analyzes america's defense posture and threats against america from i.s.i.s. to russia and china, north korea and iran. >> we're going to defeat i.s.i.l. the united states is going to lead the winning side. so everybody in that region who is looking around and wondering, when it's all over, and they're all asking themselves this question, charlie, when -- what's the chess board going to look like when the i.s.i.l piece is gone? and they all need to understand that we'll remember then, because we're going to be on the winning side, we'll remember who contributed and who didn't. >> rose: the secretary of defense for the hour, next. funding for charlie rose is provided by the >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: ash carter has spent more than three decades steeped in the worlds of defense and te
tonight, secretary of defense ash carter analyzes america's defense posture and threats against america from i.s.i.s. to russia and china, north korea and iran. >> we're going to defeat i.s.i.l. the united states is going to lead the winning side. so everybody in that region who is looking around and wondering, when it's all over, and they're all asking themselves this question, charlie, when -- what's the chess board going to look like when the i.s.i.l piece is gone? and they all need to...
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director of defense, director of the c.i.a. director of the office of management and budget, chief of staff of president clinton. he's retired from government and wrirch his memoir called worthy fights memoir of leadership in war and peace. i spoke to him recently on the council of foreign relations about the book and about his observations today about president obama and our country. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you, charlie. >> rose: how does it feel to complete this. this is more than just simply about politics, it's more than a memoir. this is almost a biography, you go all the way back and further. >> i wanted to kind of tell my story. i think it's the story of the american dream, you know, son of italian immigrants. i remember asking my dad why he came all that distance to a strange country, no money, no skills, no language ability. and he said my mother and he thought they could give their children a better life. i think that's the american dream and i've had the chance to really live that dream and i wan
director of defense, director of the c.i.a. director of the office of management and budget, chief of staff of president clinton. he's retired from government and wrirch his memoir called worthy fights memoir of leadership in war and peace. i spoke to him recently on the council of foreign relations about the book and about his observations today about president obama and our country. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you, charlie. >> rose: how does it feel to complete...
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so i like to call they have defensive defense stocks. >> tom: these are maybe two-ringed defensive stocks. companies that are efficient for a pentagon dollar. estarline technologist is the first one, that the first one analysts pointed to. and avionic controls, the stock is up near its most recent high. >> what i like about this company is they are known for retrofitting and upgrading airplanes, aircraft, and land vehicles. so when you're trying to get a little more life out of these vehicles, they're turning to this company to do that. and boeing just hired them to retrofit 50 tanker jets. it is a great play on defense-spending cuts. because if they're cutting back on buying new equipment, then they're going to want to fix up the stocks they've got. >> tom: with the stock near its most recent high, what are analysts expecting? >> i'm starting to see a lot of technical analysts that they're being put in a position where it is going to break out. that it really could keep going. >> tom: you also have found c.a.c. i., an information technology and support firm, and clearly we've seen the ro
so i like to call they have defensive defense stocks. >> tom: these are maybe two-ringed defensive stocks. companies that are efficient for a pentagon dollar. estarline technologist is the first one, that the first one analysts pointed to. and avionic controls, the stock is up near its most recent high. >> what i like about this company is they are known for retrofitting and upgrading airplanes, aircraft, and land vehicles. so when you're trying to get a little more life out of...
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that puts defense under extreme pressure on the downward side. >> the defense budget is very much falling victim to the larger fiscal woes that the government faces. >> holman: as former nebraska republican senator chuck hagel prepares to face the senate armed services committee on thursday, the difficulty of the fiscal issues confronting the next defense secretary already are clear. >> woodruff: hagel told pentagon officials last week that he'd divest himself of investments in defense-related stocks and resign from corporate boards to avoid any conflict of interest. meanwhile, his nomination has sparked a political style campaign of television and newspaper ads for and against him. for that part of the story, we go to jim rutenberg, national political reporter at the "new york times." jim, welcome. first of all, how big a campaign are we talking about? and how unusual is it for this to take place? >> well, in terms of... compared to the presidential campaign, this is not like hundreds of millions of dollars. this at the most will be single-digit millions, at most. but these are televisio
that puts defense under extreme pressure on the downward side. >> the defense budget is very much falling victim to the larger fiscal woes that the government faces. >> holman: as former nebraska republican senator chuck hagel prepares to face the senate armed services committee on thursday, the difficulty of the fiscal issues confronting the next defense secretary already are clear. >> woodruff: hagel told pentagon officials last week that he'd divest himself of investments...
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it affects almost every area in the defense budget. as i indicated today, the specific decisions on the budget are going to be contained in the president's budget. so i'm not going to talk about the spvk areas which are still in the process, frankly, of being finalized. but we have looked at every area of the defense budget. efficiencies, obviously, this is an area that involves this huge department that's here, duplications that are here, tightening the operations up that we have to titleen. secondly, the whole area of modernization, weaponization, procurement, being able to develop the kind of reforms that are necessary in that area in order to save costs, making decisions on weapons that we need with this kind of flexible and agile force that we're going to have. compensation. compensation is an areas that's grown by 80% in this department. we are going to have to develop some cost efficiencies there as well. as we try to maintain faith with the military. and lastly, force structure. force structure is going to come down it was goin
it affects almost every area in the defense budget. as i indicated today, the specific decisions on the budget are going to be contained in the president's budget. so i'm not going to talk about the spvk areas which are still in the process, frankly, of being finalized. but we have looked at every area of the defense budget. efficiencies, obviously, this is an area that involves this huge department that's here, duplications that are here, tightening the operations up that we have to titleen....
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there's very much a sense that defense of this untry is not a political issue. whether i lled someone who'd been a secretary of defense in a democrat administration or republican, they were ready to help and give me advice. >> this country spent enormous amount of time and treasure in iraq. >> yes. s and in your book -- one of the chapt your book is entitled "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory." >> mm-hmm. >> it's a -- it's a tragic part of the book, in my view.>> yes. been large-scale cin iraq.e had and there was a dinner you had0 in 2 with vice president joe biden. let me read from your book. realized he was running fori office, and had i known he was going to be running, i probably would have left it out buwhat i was really talking about there, margaret, was not vice president biden -- he was simply the person at the table. it was the obama administration had determined to do this. so i don't believe in making political statements -- nt's not a political state this is a policy statement about president obama's policyob to end the war. in fact, what hap
there's very much a sense that defense of this untry is not a political issue. whether i lled someone who'd been a secretary of defense in a democrat administration or republican, they were ready to help and give me advice. >> this country spent enormous amount of time and treasure in iraq. >> yes. s and in your book -- one of the chapt your book is entitled "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory." >> mm-hmm. >> it's a -- it's a tragic part of the book, in...
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going offensive is more difficult than defense. this is going to be difficult. it may take a lot longer than people expect, but i think ukraine is eager to show success. they are also eager not to reveal their hand too much. >> there is that major summit, a bit of a deadline to show some success as well. the u.s. sretary of state antony blinken said any piece has to include territorial integrity for ukraine, as well as russian reparations and accountability for war crimes. do you think that is actually feasible? >> i hope so, but there's a great problem here in that based on the atrocities the kremlin has committed against ukrainian men, women and children, there's a great political desire to evict the invading russian forces from all of ukraine, including crimea. that is easier said than done. it will take a lot of combat power. any thing less than that i suspect will be politically unpopular in ukraine. i wish ukraine success, but i do fear and worry this will be a long haul. but, if they can get some initial successes, and you have russian forces starting to
going offensive is more difficult than defense. this is going to be difficult. it may take a lot longer than people expect, but i think ukraine is eager to show success. they are also eager not to reveal their hand too much. >> there is that major summit, a bit of a deadline to show some success as well. the u.s. sretary of state antony blinken said any piece has to include territorial integrity for ukraine, as well as russian reparations and accountability for war crimes. do you think...
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defense industry has? marillyn: well, the challenge that we have is really thomchallenge our cus have. we have an environment where the threats today are so difficult around the world, the global security environment is so unpredictable and is changing so rapidly, so you have a need for solutions to address that and to stay ahea of tht and stay ahead of the adversaries. at the same time, we have constrained budget and the budget pressures that we've faced over the last several ars, and maybe we're having to spend money on near-term getting thingsneack up to rea instead of investing in what we need to to address the por competitions that we have out there with our adversaries. so that then in turn is a challenge for industry, because if you haven't been investing along the way, we've got to--you know, we've got move with speed while at the same time driving costs wn. david: what about cyber warfare? that must be an important part of your business now. how do you make certain that our enemies around the worl
defense industry has? marillyn: well, the challenge that we have is really thomchallenge our cus have. we have an environment where the threats today are so difficult around the world, the global security environment is so unpredictable and is changing so rapidly, so you have a need for solutions to address that and to stay ahea of tht and stay ahead of the adversaries. at the same time, we have constrained budget and the budget pressures that we've faced over the last several ars, and maybe...
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and in the defense department, i'm ambiguous. i always say china is one the things that we are making military investments, military operational plans, building our alliances in partnerships with an eye to. even as russia is, even as north korea is, even as iran is. and then ice ill, of course as i've said. those are our principal fine military preoccupations of today. and we're making sure that on each one of those we have the right military path to go with our strategic path. and i'm confident of what we are doing in all five of those areas. >> rose: no question we have the strongest military in the world. >> exactly. and also we have tuned to doing those five things. the other thing that is very important and also has been an important preoccupation for me is making sure that the military of ten years, 20 years, 30 years from now is also the world's best. and we can't take that for granted. it's a competitive world, charlie, as you foa because you do a lot of discussions on this. it is a world in which technology is both chang
and in the defense department, i'm ambiguous. i always say china is one the things that we are making military investments, military operational plans, building our alliances in partnerships with an eye to. even as russia is, even as north korea is, even as iran is. and then ice ill, of course as i've said. those are our principal fine military preoccupations of today. and we're making sure that on each one of those we have the right military path to go with our strategic path. and i'm...
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it turns out defense companies are also defensive stocks. >> defense in the context of all the other sectors out there, doesn't look that bad. at least it has a couple of things going for it. it doesn't have any exposure to europe in any meaningful way. and it's not exposed to the overall troubles of the global economy. >> reporter: and for all the talk of budget cuts, the u.s. still spends more on defense than the next 15 biggest countries combined. darren gersh, "n.b.r.," washington. >> tom: there's a wor being fought with keystrokes and not firepower. the battles have names like dns and maraposa virus. it's about trillions of dollars done in business over the internet. we are looking at cyber security beginning with the business of protection. that's tonight's word on the street, troekz. greg, what is the opportunity here and the growth potential in terms of online security? >> well, for security software stocks, the market was about $18 billion in 2011 and that was up 7.5% from gardner from the prior year. firewall stocks companies like checkpoint and sourcefire, that market was
it turns out defense companies are also defensive stocks. >> defense in the context of all the other sectors out there, doesn't look that bad. at least it has a couple of things going for it. it doesn't have any exposure to europe in any meaningful way. and it's not exposed to the overall troubles of the global economy. >> reporter: and for all the talk of budget cuts, the u.s. still spends more on defense than the next 15 biggest countries combined. darren gersh,...
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what will deficit reduction mean for defense companies and communities that rely on defense spending? darren gersh looks at the size and scope of those cuts, and finds different answers. >> reporter: depending on how you look at it, defense spending will either be frozen for the next couple years, or it will be slashed dramatically, or it will go up. let's look at the cuts first. next year and the year after defense spending, not including afghanistan and iraq, is essentially frozen, give or take a few billion dollars, at $530 billion. that would require the pentagon to trim some spending, not a hard thing to do. >> instead of building two submarines a year, i build one. that's $2.5 billion right there. >> reporter: now you may have heard defense spending will be cut by $350 billion over the next ten years. that's right, and it sounds like a lot, except the new debt limit law allows the next president and congress to change the formula for defense spending in 2014. another uncertainty is what happens if congress fails to enact a second round of promised deficit cuts. if that happens,
what will deficit reduction mean for defense companies and communities that rely on defense spending? darren gersh looks at the size and scope of those cuts, and finds different answers. >> reporter: depending on how you look at it, defense spending will either be frozen for the next couple years, or it will be slashed dramatically, or it will go up. let's look at the cuts first. next year and the year after defense spending, not including afghanistan and iraq, is essentially frozen, give...
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maybe he wants to change his secretary of defense. maybe he wants to change other elements, is that true? >> well, you would have to ask the president. but -- >> do you concern yourself with it? >> no, first of all, i serve at the pleasure of the president. i am immensely grateful for the opportunity i've had the last two areas to work every day for the country and for the men and women who serve this country. i don't get up in the morning worried about my job. it's not unusual, by the way, to change teams at different times. >> rose: so you would expect him to change? >> i didn't say that. i didn't say i expect him to change. what i am saying is that it wouldn't be unusual to do that, first of all, historically. but second, i have got to stay focused on my job, charlie. and i do. and i am very fortunate that i have some of the best people in the world to work with. and whatever the president decides, he's the president, he makes those decisions. >> rose: are you convinced you have the confidence of the president? >> well, i don't thi
maybe he wants to change his secretary of defense. maybe he wants to change other elements, is that true? >> well, you would have to ask the president. but -- >> do you concern yourself with it? >> no, first of all, i serve at the pleasure of the president. i am immensely grateful for the opportunity i've had the last two areas to work every day for the country and for the men and women who serve this country. i don't get up in the morning worried about my job. it's not...
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doesn't say anything about capital because you can spend 2% of your defense budget on your defense budget nationally without contributing anything to nato, for example. therefore, i think -- and we agreed on that in the alliance. it's worth to look at two other metrics. our capabilities given to nay toe and contributions to nato missions. i think germany is the second largest contributor to natio missions overall. germany is leading the joint support and enabling the new one now. we are the second largest net pair to nato. so these are numbers that show that nato is benefiting from the german contribution as we all try to contribute as good as possible to nato. >> okay. let me ask you this question. i also put it to ambassador kay bailey hutchison. this is a sound bite from president trump just this past few days at a rally in montana. he spoke specifically again about chancellor angela merkel. >> and i said, you know, angela? i can't guarantee it, but we're protecting you and it means a lot more to you than protecting us because i don't know how much protection we get by protecting you.
doesn't say anything about capital because you can spend 2% of your defense budget on your defense budget nationally without contributing anything to nato, for example. therefore, i think -- and we agreed on that in the alliance. it's worth to look at two other metrics. our capabilities given to nay toe and contributions to nato missions. i think germany is the second largest contributor to natio missions overall. germany is leading the joint support and enabling the new one now. we are the...
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as an affirmative defense, meaning the defense has the responsibility to prove self defense as opposed to the prosecution having to disprove it and you could certainly make an argument that maybe the ohio standard is the better one, a lot of people -- >> rose: and if the ohio standard had been effect in florida we may have had a different decision? >> it would have been a tougher legal case, the defense had to prove that the self defense was, in effect, valid by a preponderance of the evidence it would have been tougher, i don't think it would have made a difference but a tougher case. >> rose: charles ogletree in terms of the reaction to this verdict, among americans in general and especially in terms of african americans, do you think most of them believe what you just said, that the jury made the decision that it should have made on the basis of the evidence presented? >> or -- >> i don't think so. i think, charlie, a lot of people peel that something went wrong with the system. and i think that may be lack of sophistication with a criminal trial and the burdens that go forward, and
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president trump ds by his death defense secretary -- defense secretary james mattis is retiring. travel nightmare at one of brit.n's busiest airports tens of thousands of passengers have h their plans disrupted by drones. bringing two generations under one roof. the charity providing housing for grandparents bringing up their grandchildn. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. in the past few minutes, president trump has tweetedhat defense secretary general jim mattis is retiring. he said, "genelll jim mattis e retiring with distinction at the end of february can having served as secretary of defense for the past two years." we are happy to ha with us former secretary of defense william cohen. take you for joining me. how big a loss to the will theration -- general mattis'ar dre? >> i think a big loss. he helped them with na and the budget. but i don't know how many insults or projections of advice secretary mattis could take. you may recall that when the entire national security atapparatus of the united y id the russians attacked us a
president trump ds by his death defense secretary -- defense secretary james mattis is retiring. travel nightmare at one of brit.n's busiest airports tens of thousands of passengers have h their plans disrupted by drones. bringing two generations under one roof. the charity providing housing for grandparents bringing up their grandchildn. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. in the past few minutes, president trump has tweetedhat defense secretary...
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it is an affirmative defense, self-defense, it is a justification, if you will. so if any evidence is raised by the defense that mr. rittenhouse actedded in self-defense, and that is either through cross examination or presentation of testimony, then the prosecution then takes on the burden to disprove self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt to the jury. and self-defense in kind of a sentence or two is whether mr. rittenhouse reasonably believed that his actions were necessary to prevent interference with his person or prevent an assault on his person and when lethal force was use as it was in this case, deadly force, then there say requirement that the defendant reasonably believes that that force was necessary to prevent leltal force against himself. >> craig, this is already such a fraught case with political battle lines drawn. and during a pretrial hearing judge schroeder said he doesn't want the men rittenhouse killed described as victims. but then he said the men he killed could be described as rioters or looters, can you explain the judge's reasoning and d
it is an affirmative defense, self-defense, it is a justification, if you will. so if any evidence is raised by the defense that mr. rittenhouse actedded in self-defense, and that is either through cross examination or presentation of testimony, then the prosecution then takes on the burden to disprove self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt to the jury. and self-defense in kind of a sentence or two is whether mr. rittenhouse reasonably believed that his actions were necessary to prevent...
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it's not just about defense. i mean immediately half the cuts come out of school lunches and head start. >> as marg ret was reporting. >> that's right. and domestic spending as well. >> it is true that the ghost of john maynard keynes has come down and landed in the republican caucus. suddenly they believe in stimulus spending. the point republicans make which i do think is accurate and endemic to the obama administration she are asking him to offer a plan. and some is just a gimic to get him on record in smorted of some cuts. but in general do think it's true if you are a president you do have to lead. you do have to have budget plans. and if you remember a couple years ago when obama let paul ryne go first, that was politically cagey, not presidential. i think in this case the white house is to be faulted for not at least showing the road map so some people have a sense of what is going to happen. >> woodruff: so the president does bear some of the responsibility. >> in defense of the president, he's not blamel
it's not just about defense. i mean immediately half the cuts come out of school lunches and head start. >> as marg ret was reporting. >> that's right. and domestic spending as well. >> it is true that the ghost of john maynard keynes has come down and landed in the republican caucus. suddenly they believe in stimulus spending. the point republicans make which i do think is accurate and endemic to the obama administration she are asking him to offer a plan. and some is just a...
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this was the defense business board, experts brought in by the department of defense to analyze what was going on in terms of the back office employment, all the functions and accounting and business development functions of the pentagon that don't necessarily relate to fighting wars. one of the things they found in addition to those numbers that you just cited was that more than 1 million people are involved in that back office effort, as employees or contractors or nonuniform personnel. that is a big, big number. and it's bigger than anyone suspected. the ultimate conclusion here was that the u.s. government is spending a lot more for this back office stuff than anyone really new before this. >> well, what about the timing of all of this? why was this leaked now? >> yeah, you know, i talked to mia mcginn us about that today. she's one of the leading balance budget advocates here in washington, d.c., and she said that this is definitely not an accident. there is always a reason. here's what she had to say. >> i'm sure that people who have seen this going on for a long time, and now
this was the defense business board, experts brought in by the department of defense to analyze what was going on in terms of the back office employment, all the functions and accounting and business development functions of the pentagon that don't necessarily relate to fighting wars. one of the things they found in addition to those numbers that you just cited was that more than 1 million people are involved in that back office effort, as employees or contractors or nonuniform personnel. that...
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and it's purely a defense. it's not an offense. it's a defense against that predation. >> you helped articulate your view of china in a movie that you directed called "death by china." and it was narrated by martin sheen. and it really articulates an economic view of china's ascendance. and i want to show a clip of it. >> sure. ♪ all right. that chinese knife stabbing through the heart of the american map and the american economy is a really ominous view of china's role on the world stage. >> yeah, and martin sheen, as he narrates, makes it also clear that problem really isn't the hardworking people of china, the 1.4 billion people of china. it's the chinese communist party government that basically engages in these predatory practices in the international environment. and so you have -- there's these six strategies of economic aggression. they protect their markets. they attack global markets. they go out and try to secure all the resources all around the world, whether it's cobalt in the congo or copper in chile. they dominate
and it's purely a defense. it's not an offense. it's a defense against that predation. >> you helped articulate your view of china in a movie that you directed called "death by china." and it was narrated by martin sheen. and it really articulates an economic view of china's ascendance. and i want to show a clip of it. >> sure. ♪ all right. that chinese knife stabbing through the heart of the american map and the american economy is a really ominous view of china's role...
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on "the newshour," the defenses turn. former president's tump's team defense. saying he is not at fault for the assault on the capitol. for the first time patty murray discusses hiding from the violent mob that was inches away when rioters charged the capital. >> i've had a hard time talking about this because i don't want those people to ever feel that they had instilled fear in me that kept me from doing what i needed to do. judy: plus, the impact of trump administration cuts to a key anti-censorship agency raises concerns about u.s. support for activists abroad. and it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capart consider the second trump impeachment trial and the federal response to the pandemic. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- ♪ >> moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> consumer cellular. johnson & johnson. ♪ >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation fostering communities, more at kf.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions
on "the newshour," the defenses turn. former president's tump's team defense. saying he is not at fault for the assault on the capitol. for the first time patty murray discusses hiding from the violent mob that was inches away when rioters charged the capital. >> i've had a hard time talking about this because i don't want those people to ever feel that they had instilled fear in me that kept me from doing what i needed to do. judy: plus, the impact of trump administration cuts...
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but that is only one seventh of the defense budget. and usually while you kill that program, you don't eliminate the need for something to be bought in its place. i would argue the real challenges here are structural and they're harder to get at. they're in things like overhead, they're in personnel, they're in compensation, they're in agency and business processes, logistics. a lot of the-- you can't just go into a line item in the budget an find it. you actually have to make changes fundamentally. and these are the things that even will on panetta may not have time to do with just a year and a half in office. >> brown: doing these things while maintaining national security. >> i think it's important to keep in mind in all of this atmosphere we have doubled the defense budget and we have the only military in the entire globe that is capable of global operations, global deployments, global flying, global sailing, global communications, global infrastructure, we're the only military that can do that and frankly even with a million dolla
but that is only one seventh of the defense budget. and usually while you kill that program, you don't eliminate the need for something to be bought in its place. i would argue the real challenges here are structural and they're harder to get at. they're in things like overhead, they're in personnel, they're in compensation, they're in agency and business processes, logistics. a lot of the-- you can't just go into a line item in the budget an find it. you actually have to make changes...
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lewis: air defense systems are absolutely vital. i know you won't be revealing military strategy live on air to me now, but the importance of capturing land before winter sets in. do you have a timetable, deadline, four advances that you want to make? >> it is probably difficult to set the deadlines during the war. what i can tell you here and openly in the public, definitely ukraine will go on with its counteroffensive. we are successful in many regions in the ukraine, in the south, and we will definitely do it more and more. ♪ lewis: let's look at the economy now. we will take at the latest protections on how the global economy is doing in a moment. first, here in the u.k., the bank of england has stepped in to try and calm things down. it says it will buy more government bonds after warning of a material risk to financial stability. u.k. bonds, alsonown as guilt, our government -- gilts, are government guarantees. the government's plan for large tax cuts without explaining how they would be paid for spook to the markets and dro
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but as it reduces spending, the defense department also wants to keep key defense companies in business. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: this is what it looked like the last time the defense department slashed its budget. after the cold war ended, the pentagon needed fewer weapons. defense contractors closed, leaving behind empty parking lots and an exodus of engineering talent. defense secretary leon panetta promised this round of cuts will be different. >> maintaining the vitality of the industrial base and avoiding imposing unacceptable cost or risk on our critical suppliers will guide many of the decisions that we have made. >> reporter: in the late '80s, the pentagon relied on more than 30 big defense contractors. now the number is down to a handful, leaving little room for consolidation. defense analyst todd harrision says the pentagon must figure out which companies are critical to national defense. >> so the fear in the pentagon is that, if we lose some critical skills in our industrial base or some critical capacity to manufacture things, that we might not be able to regain
but as it reduces spending, the defense department also wants to keep key defense companies in business. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: this is what it looked like the last time the defense department slashed its budget. after the cold war ended, the pentagon needed fewer weapons. defense contractors closed, leaving behind empty parking lots and an exodus of engineering talent. defense secretary leon panetta promised this round of cuts will be different. >> maintaining the...
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defense industries, ukrainian defense industry, work together together with u.s. and ukrainian armed forces. and finally, we get our fast solution, as we call it, do it yourself, your defense, that already works. nick: it seems like one of the priorities that analysts i speak to say is that ukraine needs to be able to attack inside russia, try and bring the fight to russia, whether that's supply lines or even to the russian elite doorstep. how important is it that ukraine build its own long range fires that can hit russia? alexander: we already got success with the long range missiles in ukraine, but i would not speak more about that. but we also got great success with defense tech, with drones that fly as far as will reach russia already. and you've probably seen that moscow never sleeps, sochi never sleeps, and many of the russian cities would not sleep quite soon. nick: those, with all due respect, have been individual attacks. we're talking about a scale at which ukraine builds drones or long range fires that can affect russian calculus, that can actually affe
defense industries, ukrainian defense industry, work together together with u.s. and ukrainian armed forces. and finally, we get our fast solution, as we call it, do it yourself, your defense, that already works. nick: it seems like one of the priorities that analysts i speak to say is that ukraine needs to be able to attack inside russia, try and bring the fight to russia, whether that's supply lines or even to the russian elite doorstep. how important is it that ukraine build its own long...
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not a defense in itself. what kind of medical history would you expect to come out and what kind of impact? >> presuming there's no insanity defense-- and brown has said there will not be-- then there would be a box into-- if i were defense council, that he has had traumatic brain injury, he has been wounded twice, he has had three prior tours, he's undergone a lot of stress in combat and all of those things combined to create diminished capacity, while although not a defense may be argued to the jury. if you have a sympathetic jury that accepts that, they may find that he was not able to premeditate his crimes, which would lessen the punishment greatly. >> brown: what about this-- we just heard at the end of our setup, the provocative statement by his attorney saying, "i'm not putting the war on trial but the war is on trial." now you want to start with that gary solis? what's your reaction to that? >> well, i think if he's going to put the war on trial, that inevitably, the army must be put on trial. why di
not a defense in itself. what kind of medical history would you expect to come out and what kind of impact? >> presuming there's no insanity defense-- and brown has said there will not be-- then there would be a box into-- if i were defense council, that he has had traumatic brain injury, he has been wounded twice, he has had three prior tours, he's undergone a lot of stress in combat and all of those things combined to create diminished capacity, while although not a defense may be...
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my role as secretary of defense, as i have the responsibility of obscurity and defense of this country, is to assure the president of the united states he has all the military options that are required in any situation. and we're doing that. but the smart wise responsible approach here is the approach wore talking with our p5 partners in trying to find a diplomatic solution to this. and we'll continue to work hard on it. >> rose: you're convinced they want nuclear weapons. >> i'm not convinced of anything one way or another. i deal with facts, what i see and what i know. and it's clear to me that the iranians have not given up on an option that they have continued to maintain and build. >> rose: but may not have made a decision to go ahead. >> i don't know about decisions. but i think the important thing is what they have at least in my opinion i think the opinion of many that they have maintained that option to be able to go forward. that's what we want to get at. that's what we're working on now. what would they require in order to walk away from that. what is in our interest in orde
my role as secretary of defense, as i have the responsibility of obscurity and defense of this country, is to assure the president of the united states he has all the military options that are required in any situation. and we're doing that. but the smart wise responsible approach here is the approach wore talking with our p5 partners in trying to find a diplomatic solution to this. and we'll continue to work hard on it. >> rose: you're convinced they want nuclear weapons. >> i'm...
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>> the mastermind behind the defense of kyiv and successful defensive and khaki. he's lionized by his troops. and now his eyes are firmly set on retaking mahmoud. >> and you are going to take it back? >> yes of course. >> the offensive has been going on for more than a month. even president zelinski has said it is slower than ukraine had hoped. his that true? >> we would like to get very fast results. in reality, it is practically impossible. the entire area is well with defenses. >>cedve s anar so far the aancey been modest. most of the front remains relatively static. these in the east have not budged since 2014. ukraine has still to commit all of its forces but is yet to break through russia's heavily mined main lines of defense. jonathan beale, bbc news. >> lets speak tthe ukrainian politician, minister strategic industries. he was formerly in charge of the trains in ukraine, which he kept running through the war. 85% were running even through the dog days in the war. it is good to talk to you again. the defense secretary was talking about the pentagon. he sai
>> the mastermind behind the defense of kyiv and successful defensive and khaki. he's lionized by his troops. and now his eyes are firmly set on retaking mahmoud. >> and you are going to take it back? >> yes of course. >> the offensive has been going on for more than a month. even president zelinski has said it is slower than ukraine had hoped. his that true? >> we would like to get very fast results. in reality, it is practically impossible. the entire area is...
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let's move on to defense. i'm sure you welcome the spending left the prime minister announced on his way to germany. his defense of the realm is a key priority, then why is it pegged at 2030? why are we not putting it on a war footing now and giving them resources now to match the threat? >> well, it takes time to build things, that is the direct swer to that. if you ask the army whathey want, they say more tanks, more personnel, the navy wants more service fleet, and the raf wants more airplanes. we need to understand what are the threats coming over the horizon. the prime minister may that really clear. this is a mindset change. we are recognizing that the global threat picture is deteriorating. as we face an increasingly difficult decade ahead with adversaries pursuing competing agendas, we have to recognize that our defense posture needs to change. what are the growing threats, the modern threats we face and you adjust to a defense posture accordingly. this is a clarion call not just for the defense indust
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. >>> new era for missiles defense as countries look to spend more on defense. we'll bring you unprecedented access to raytheon's defense operations. >>> accelerating change. will you own a car in 20 years or so? an automotive veteran says no. those stories and more tonight on "nightly business report" for tuesday, novembe >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. the blue chip dow index eked out a record close, it's 75th since election day last year. it appears as if dreams of deal making are still dancing in investors' heads, following yesterday's disney approached 21st century fox about buying most of its assets. we also told you that broadcomm made an unsolicited massive $105 billion bid for qualcomm, the chip maker. and who could forget recent reports that cvs health may look to do a deal with aetna? the deal talk was enough to send the dow to an all-time high, up eight points at 23,557, and et cetera sixth straight day of gain nasdaq went the other way, down 18 2/3. but what could all of this merger talean for the broader market rally? dominic which did y t
. >>> new era for missiles defense as countries look to spend more on defense. we'll bring you unprecedented access to raytheon's defense operations. >>> accelerating change. will you own a car in 20 years or so? an automotive veteran says no. those stories and more tonight on "nightly business report" for tuesday, novembe >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. the blue chip dow index eked out a record close, it's 75th since election day last year. it...
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. >> and a great defense. let's see how it works. >> rose: what do you love about the game the most. >> the strategical part of it. >> rose: what we talked about. like being a general. >> yes, it is. it is doing what they don't expect you to do. come on up with the unexpected. not to get away from what you do best, but to do it in a manner with when you got to create some indecisions, you got to create a surprise a spark. you[>> rose: what do you thinkf that. >> i always thought running was some kind of gimmick. >> rose: when they weren't expecting it. >> on side kick we did that in super bowl 30. we had the halfback pass. with anton across the 30. i silt there and watch them the thing mike shula is doing innovative wise. these are things that players get excited about. you don't want to get away from what you do best but you also want to do something that's special. something that's unique, something that's different. something that can potentially give you a big play in a game because every game comes down t
. >> and a great defense. let's see how it works. >> rose: what do you love about the game the most. >> the strategical part of it. >> rose: what we talked about. like being a general. >> yes, it is. it is doing what they don't expect you to do. come on up with the unexpected. not to get away from what you do best, but to do it in a manner with when you got to create some indecisions, you got to create a surprise a spark. you[>> rose: what do you thinkf that....